Friday, August 8, 2025

Hey, Parents, What's in Your Kid's Backpack this School Year?

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What's in your backpack? As summer winds down and we gear up for a new school year, allow me to share new plans, protocols and guidance ...
Thursday, June 5, 2025

Keep It Simple.

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  Following are excerpts of my remarks to the Needham High School Class of '25 delivered on June 1, 2025. Class of ‘25: Keep it simple. ...
Friday, May 2, 2025

Generation Distracted: Next Steps Around Phones and Social Media in the Needham Public Schools

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Last August I shared with the community the need to study and discuss the impact the use of cellphones and social media was having on our y...
Sunday, March 23, 2025

DOGE in the Needham Public Schools

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No, no, no... Not THAT DOGE!! I mean D eveloping O pportunity, G rowth, & E xcellence in the Needham Public Schools through the renewal...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

A lesson from my Dad sticks with me today.

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The current news out of Washington regarding the detention and deportation of immigrants coupled with the administration's new edicts ab...
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

What's Happening with Literacy in the Needham Public Schools?

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  One of the many hot topics in elementary education right now is literacy. The topic has taken on renewed attention due to a nationwide foc...
Sunday, October 27, 2024

Who are you voting for in November?

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This a question many of our educators are being asked by their students right now. The question also reminds me what former Ohio school supe...